Modern Screen (Dec 1935 - Nov 1936)

MODERN SCREEN Reviews— A Tour of Today's Talkies (Continued from page 12) interests. There are the usual beautiful girls, plus some swell songs by Ethel Merman, a couple of stand-out vaudeville acts, and a well-gagged story. Most of the gags, as a matter of fact, bring memories of Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, but Eddie and his associates must be admired for handling them so well that they appear as fresh and as funny as ever. The story has Eddie as a timid soul who becomes a man of action after studying a pamphlet which asks him point blank whether he's a man or a mouse. Around that theme are built several swell comedy sequences which include one of the best chases the screen has offered in several seasons. The cast includes Sally Eilers, William Frawley, Jack LaRue, Brian Donlevy, Rita Rio and Parkyakarkus. Preview Postscripts Being funny twenty-four hours a day leaves you feeling anything but, according to Eddie Cantor. In addition to starring in this giggle-getter, Eddie wrote a large port of the script and thought up nnost of the laughs. He worked on all the main characterizations, assisted Director Taurog and helped in the choice of the Goldwyn Gals. Between times, on the set and in the cold gray hours of the dawn, Eddie works on radio loughs for himself and Parkyakarkus. Then there's the Cantor radio agency, and the contracts for stories and a book soon to come out. Between these times, Eddie writes songs, rehearses with his radio cast and orchestra several days each week, dress rehearsals every Sunday and puts two programs on the air that night. Where he got the reputation of being a family man we wouldn't be knowing . . . Samuel Goldwyn sinks more of his millions into a Cantor picture than any other venture. This one is rumored to have set Samuel back over a million and o half. The "Club Lido" set alone cost in the neighborhood of $12,000. Some 500 yards of gossamer silk was bought from a Japanese firm for the backdrops, and thousands of Bette Davis and Leslie Howard in "The Petrified Forest." metal stars, encrusted with brilliants were hung from the flies. The mirror-like club floor was mode entirely of glass blocks, backed with ebony. A battery of over a hundred and fifty great arc lights lit the scene . . . Parkyakarkus was born Harry Einstein, later simplified to Parke, then to its present form. He went on the air several years ago, having tired of being a Boston news sleuth. Parke, etc., lays oil his success to his mastery of the Greek diolect and his meeting Eddie Cantor . . . Gratitude is far from a scarce item in Hollywood. Sally Eilers thanks Mack Sennett for her success. Lunching with her pal, Carole Lombard, one day at the studio commissary, Sally was spotted by Mack and given a screen test. Mack Sennett comedy roles followed, then bigger and better chances. Movie Producer Horry Joe Brown is Sally's husband, and Harry Joe Brown, Jr., her son . . . Scouting for the Goldwyn Girls begins each summer, when Mr. G. begins lining up material for the annual Cantor epic. Special representatives are sent to cover night clubs, revues, shows, etc. Screen tests are personally supervised by the High Mogul, then twenty girls selected from the thousands of prospectives. **** Captain Blood (Warners) Tops for excitement in the screen parade is Sabatini's blood-and-thunder account of Doctor Peter Blood, who broke away from slavery to become the terror of the seas. Captain Blood may not possess all the epic ^ This Test will convince You! Smooth a pinch of Woodbury's on your arm. Do the same with the powder you now use. Woodbury's spreads so far and evenly, because it stays on the skin's surface. Does not disappear into the pores— hence will not clog them. Six flattering skin-bloom shades. fl.OO, 50c, 25c, 10c. ♦Determined by GarBaker Laboratories, Inc., New York SIX SKm-BLOOM SHADES {Enough for a Week's Trial) John H. Woodbury, Inc., 9164 Alfred Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. (In Canada) John H.Woodbury, Ltd., Perth, Ontario. (Paste on postcard or mail in envelope NOW) iVame_ Streets City — ^Scate ) 1936, John H. Woodbury, Inc. 105